Film Turkeys of the Year
“Land of the Lost” impressively shows up on “Worst of the Year” and “Worst of the Decade” lists.
With a nod to Thanksgiving, the New York Post presented a list of the Top Film Turkeys of the Year. Here are a few samples of their Film Fowlness:
EVIDENCE THAT NOVELIST-TURNED-SCREENWRITER DAVE EGGERS MAY BE THE ANTICHRIST: The insufferably smug “Away We Go” and the insufferably twee “Where the Wild Things Are”
AND INTRODUCING DEMETRI MARTIN: Whose limp performance and corny acid trip are just the beginning of the problems with Ang Lee’s woefully misconceived, tie-dyed bore “Taking Woodstock.”
SAVE THE PIECES: Coherence was the first casualty and sanity suffered collateral damage in the brain-dead blockbuster “G.I. Joe: The Rise of the Cobra,” which made “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” sound like “The Godfather” by comparison.
Needless to say, Will Ferrell and “Land of the Lost” get special mention as well. Go here for the whole story, and then ponder your own Awful in ‘09 candidates.
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